Fifteen residents at a care home have died during the coronavirus pandemic.

Five of those who have died at Castletroy Residential Home in Luton have been confirmed as having Covid-19.

The home has 69 beds for elderly people with nursing or personal care needs.

The other 10 residents who died were not tested for coronavirus, a Public Heath England spokeswoman said.

A PHE statement said: “In occasions where some cases have already been tested positive in a care home, we do not advise testing of new cases as it will not change the public health management.”

It’s a great example of how “framing” a story in a particular way allows a putatively trustworthy outlet to get away with peddling distorted impressions.

The story doesn’t say 15 people died from COVID-19 at the home. But the headline: “Coronavirus: Fifteen die at care home during pandemic” deliberately frames the number in a way that gives the impression they were virus deaths.

Turn the facts around – 64 out of 69 people did not die from the virus – and they come across as a lot less woeful.